Photoshop/ImageReady Layers - web buttons

[Evelyn Lee Barney]

Thank you Al, Gordon and Sean.  All your input is helpful.

Sean, 

Since I do have the images separate form the buttons themselves, and therefore starting from the top is mostly a matter of copy and paste - I've decided to do that.  This is a self-learning experiment, so there is not actual deadline, and doing the details over will only help me recall how next time.  I'm trying out your instructions now.  I will be using Dreamweaver to finish the site design, so the buttons will be CSS.  

Any further tips anyone has will be most welcome!

Ev

> Just remember that when you are doing these image states, your
> final goal is to get a different image (different file) for
> each state and then in the Web page point to the correct file--
> you don't stick each of the button states into a single file
> and then tell the Web browser which layer to look at. The only
> reason why you might want your images in a single file is for
> maintenance purposes and for the reason that I mentioned in
> the steps above. A proper use of layers makes it easier to
> make changes to an image. But, since you already have three
> different files, I don't see you getting any of that benefit.